org.jivesoftware.openfire.auth
Interface AuthorizationPolicy

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultAuthorizationPolicy, LdapAuthorizationPolicy

public interface AuthorizationPolicy

This is the interface the AuthorizationManager uses to conduct authorizations.

Users that wish to integrate with their own authorization system must implement this interface, and are strongly encouraged to extend either the AbstractAuthoriationPolicy or the AbstractAuthorizationProvider classes which allow the admin console manage the classes more effectively. Register the class with Openfire in the openfire.xml file. An entry in that file would look like the following:

   <provider>
     <authorization>
       <classlist>com.foo.auth.CustomPolicyProvider</classlist>
     </authorization>
   </provider>

Author:

Jay Kline

Method Summary

boolean	authorize(String username, String principal) Returns true if the principal is explicitly authorized to the JID
String	description() Returns a description of the Policy
String	name() Returns the short name of the Policy

Method Detail

authorize

boolean authorize(String username,
                  String principal)

Returns true if the principal is explicitly authorized to the JID

Parameters:

username - The username requested.

principal - The principal requesting the username.

Returns:

true is the user is authorized to be principal

name

String name()

Returns the short name of the Policy

Returns:

The short name of the Policy

description

String description()

Returns a description of the Policy

Returns:

The description of the Policy.